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Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. Many people visit cemeteries and memorials, particularly to honor those who have died in military service. Many volunteers place an American flag on each grave in national cemeteries.Memorial Day is not to be confused with Veterans Day; Memorial Day is a day of...
Covington County, named for Brig. Gen. Leonard Covington , was established on December 17, 1821. The Alabama state legislature changed the name to Jones County on August 6, 1868. Two months later on October 10, 1868, the original name was restored. The county was declared a disaster area in September 1979 due to damage from Hurricane Frederic and again in October 1995 due to Hurricane Opal. ...
A project that tries to facilitate a better appreciation of the various blood lines of Rowley immigrants= The settlement, called originally "New Plantation" was begun in the spring of 1639. "13 March, 1638-9, Mr. Ezechiel Rogers, Mr. John Phillips, & their company had granted them 8 miles every way into the country, where it may not trench upon other plantations already settled." ➽ We've gone t...
This Project relates to people who are involved to the Foundation of "SOS Kinderdorf
Suomesta on lähdetty siirtolaisiksi eri puolille maailmaa, Amerikkaan, Ruotsiin, Norjaan, Venäjälle ja Neuvostoliittoon sekä muihin kaukaisiin maihin.Voit lisätä projektiin Perhosta lähteneet siirtolaiset ja myös ne, jotka ovat myöhemmin jostain syystä palanneet takaisin. Perhon projektit *Paikkakunta Perho, Keski-Pohjanmaa, Suomi Paikkakunta Perho, Keski-Pohjanmaa, Suomi *Siirtolaiset paikkak...
Phi Beta Kappa Website === The Nation's Oldest and Most Widely Known Academic Honor Society ==="Phi Beta Kappa was founded by five students at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The first meeting was held in the Apollo Room of the Old Raleigh Tavern on December 5, 1776." "John Heath, the first president of Phi Beta Kappa, was determined to develop a student society that ...
This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Wikipedia Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was designated an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851, and today is the most populous in...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lee County, Illinois.= Official Website =The county was named for Lighthorse Harry Lee, officer in the Revolutionary War, or Richard Henry Lee, member of the Continental Congress. It was organized on February 27, 1839.President Ronald Reagan lived in Dixon as a boy and attended Dixon High School. Adjacent Counties * DeKalb County * Og...
This is a sub project of Maryland counties, cities and towns Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Montgomery County, Maryland. Official Website Montgomery County came into existence on October 1, 1776. In 1777, the leaders of the new county chose as their county seat an area adjacent to Hungerford's Tavern near the center of the county, which became Rockville in 180...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Brule County, South Dakota. Brule County was created on January 14, 1875, of territory partitioned from Charles Mix County. Its governing structure was also created at that time. However, in May 1875, Brule County was withdrawn from settlement, by order of US President Grant. This order was later annulled, and the organization of Bru...
Wikipedia The Order of the Coif (/ˈkɔɪf/) is an American collegiate honor society for law school graduates. The Order was founded in 1902 at the University of Illinois College of Law. The name is a reference to the ancient English order of advocates, the serjeants-at-law, whose courtroom attire included a coif—a white lawn or silk skullcap, which came to be represented by a round piece of whi...
Phi Kappa Tau (ΦΚΤ), commonly known as Phi Tau, is a collegiate fraternity located in the United States. The fraternity was founded in 1906. As of February 2019, the fraternity has 161 Chartered Chapters, 83 active chapters, 9 colonies and around 4,500 collegiate members. SeriousFun Children's Network, founded by Beta Chapter alumnus Paul Newman, is Phi Kappa Tau's National Philanthropy. Accord...
Este é um subprojeto relacionado ao Projeto Maior Imigrantes Alemães ao Brasil Este subprojeto visa organizar dados genealógicos dos imigrantes alemão que vieram ao Brasil e foram instalados na Colônia de Santa Cruz do Sul, no estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Os imigrantes já identificados estão na lista de perfis deste subprojeto: Em 1849 foi fundada a colônia de Santa Cruz do Sul no vale do Ri...
This is a subproject related to the Larger German Immigrants to Brazil Project This subproject aims to organize genealogical data of German immigrants who came to Brazil and settled in the Santo Ângelo Colony, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The immigrants already identified are on the profile list of this subproject:
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Le Sueur County, Minnesota. Official Website This county was created on March 5. 1853 of that year. It was named for French explorer Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, who visited the area in 1700. Adjacent Counties Blue Earth County Nicollet County Waseca County Rice County Sibley County Scott County
Czech Americans (Czech: Čechoameričané ), known in the 19th and early 20th century as Bohemian Americans, are citizens of the United States who are of Czech birth or descent. Czechs originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority of the traditional lands of the Bohemian Crown, namely Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia. These lands have been governed by a variety of states, i...
Tervetuloa majakanvartijoiden ammattiprojektiin! Projektin tarkoituksena on koota majakanvartijoiden ja loistonhoitajien ammattiaharjoittaneiden henkilöiden profiilit yhdeksi kokoelmaksi, niin sukututkimuksen kuin muunkin mikrohistoriatyön tueksi lakia ja hyviä tapoja noudattaen. Projektin toimintaperiaatteista Jos sinulla on suvussa majakanvartijoita tai hallinnoit majakanvartijoiden Geni-pr...
Under konstruktion varande projekt Med projektet som inletts i juli 2024 är målet att skapa länken mellan klockgjutare och klockringare till automatiseringen av klockorna. Vilka var de framsynta statsmän, präster, finansiärer, hantverkare, ämbetsmän och förtroendevalda som byggt upp ett kulturarv som tjänat i flera århundraden och betjänar än idag; anger tiden, ringer in tid glädje och kungö...
MTree: Finland: Riitta Tuomaantytär Anna Simonst. Huttunen (o.s. Tomberg) Kaisa Tyllinen
Saunders Surname Meaning: English (Surrey and Kent): variant of Sander with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022 Sander, Sanders Surname Meaning: English (Cumberland) Dutch German and Swedish: from the personal name Sander a shortened form of Alexander . Compare Saunders . German: topographic name for someone who lived on sa...
The Hanseatic Cross (German: Hanseatenkreuz) was a military decoration of the three Hanseatic city-states of Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck, who were members of the German Empire during World War I. Each republic established its own version of the cross, but the design and award criteria were similar for each.
Irish (Tipperary Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’ with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’. English (northern): variant of Myer with post-medieval excrescent -s. English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) i...
The Military Merit Cross (Militärverdienstkreuz) was established by Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on August 5, 1848. Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a grand duchy located in northern Germany, was a member of the German Confederation and later the German Empire. In several respects, Mecklenburg-Schwerin's Military Merit Cross was patterned after the Prussian Iron Cross. Both came...
Brooks Surname Meaning English: usually a variant of Brook with excrescent -s. The optional addition of -s with no grammatical function is usually post-medieval but some examples of the same person's name occurring with and without -(e)s have been noted as early as the 14th century in South Lancashire. The -es in such cases probably has neither a plural nor a genitival function and the name mea...
This project open to any Aerial Aces of any War these were the best of best flyers in our history. This project is open to any country. Wikipedia A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace has varied, but is usually consider...